From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jul 23 00:52:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA02065 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:52:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (root@alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA02041 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 00:52:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (gjp@localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA12964; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:52:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: domreg cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: MX CNAME In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:38:33 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:52:03 -0400 Message-ID: <12960.901180323@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org domreg wrote in message ID : > "Because it is wrong" doesn't work with my kids either. > > What is the problem? Does it break anything? > > Should I go change all the ocurrences in all the domains we host? > > Or should I give mailhost the same ip-adress as the realhost instead of > giving it a cname to realhost? I would. I wouldn't want to wait until a release of BIND changed the resolution rules to block MX's to CNAMES and you start losing e-mail.... Remember what happened with people that had non-valid hostnames when BIND decided to start enforcing the RFC restrictions and disallow `/' and `_' ? Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message